Thanks for the long and detailed replay! And its not negative to me as I wanted flaws in the picture pointed out so I can learn from them and fix them

Haha I completely missed how the lighting on the rock was facing the wrong way. I was trying make the rocks more round by adding highlights all around the edges but saving the highlights on only one side makes since.
For the first mountain layer, I tried to copy over the shading from the reference picture I used but I guess it didn't come out right so it will have to be reshaded. Also I don't under stand what you meant by "Where shadows in the mountains meet the edge of the shape, disrupt the edge of the mountain to sell the shadow". And as for the the final mountain layer I tried to make it look like shape edges but it came out wrong.

Again thank for the detailed replay!

A quick point on the gameplay front. The "Save Station" looks incredible and the animation is completely gorgeous. However, it does go on a bit. I can imagine loving it the first time I saw it, then quickly getting to resent it as I see it run through for the nth time. I could also imagine avoiding using a save just because I'll have to wait so many seconds to do it.

Metroidvanias happen to be my favourite kind of platform game. Possibly my favourite kind of game. But if I compare the save point in Axiom Verge for example (several seconds) to Hollow Knight (probably less than a second, if you don't want to hang around) or Ori & the Blind Forest (just a long button press) I much prefer the latter two.

But that's an opinion and nothing more, take it with a pinch of salt.

A more objective way to think about it might be putting it in the context of the game. Is gameplay going to be fast and frenetic? Or slow and methodical exploration? If the latter it may make more sense in context. If the former, it may be a bit incongruous.

Anyway, I'll be watching this with interest. Not least because I'm also in the first stages of putting a Metroidvania together.

You make a great point! I didn't even think about how annoying it would be to watch a long animation every time you went to save.
To fix this, after the player has saved and watched the animation once (there's more to the save stain then just going into a container and being scanned but i don't have any presentable artwork at the moment. It has more to do with the story of the game) the next time it will be insanely skip-able after committing to the save.
Again thanks for the feedback!

Hello everyone!
I've been working on a project for the last few years and I thought I could show it off. Some of the pixel art made, was from users on this site! There's still a lot of work to do so if you see anything that doesn't look right that why . I also have a Kickstarter page to try and raise money to finish the project, so if you want to see more information on the game or to help support the project you can here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/project-accen/project-acenn

*Below is information about the game. Please keep in mind this is a very early build of the game, its poor quality is NOT a representation of the final product.

-Game Details:
This ambitious game will feature a Metroid like level construction/world building, a large world to explore, tough enemies with novel strategies to beat, bosses that aren't your typical "shot to win" they must be beaten with strategies and clever thinking, a weapon effect system that increases gameplay strategies to overcome obstacles, level puzzles that are randomly created (so you can’t cheat and look it up online  ) that will take thought to solve, three unique game difficulties that mix up the game play and add replay ability, a level design that lets you pick your own path which will change how bosses are beaten along with weapons you have found. Cool, useful, and overpowered weapons, a long and challenging game that unknowingly teaches the player how to play without holding there hand, a large variety of music and pixel art that will bring every level and environment to spectacular life, and so much more.

-Written Story:
You wake up in an abandoned laboratory. You realize you've been fused with a mechanical A.C.E.N.N suit. Your all alone. No memory. No hope. No escape. Can you survive? Can you find your memories... or die trying?
Unknown voice: "Your really starting to believe this "fantasy" you've made for yourself"

-Mock Up Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_hiyFV5GkA&t=1s
* The trailer is a mock up of what an actually trailer for the game would look like, but of course with better artwork and a final build of the game. Please keep in mind this is a very early build of the game, its poor quality is not NOT a representation of the final product.

-Early Gameplay Footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwFrLeuY8f8&t=2s
*Note: This is a very early build of the game, all aspects are subject to change.It is NOT a representation of the final product. It is used to give you an idea of how the beginning of the game will be played by a new player. Some debug game properties where left in this build.

-Some Artwork:

Player run animation


Save Station: played when the player finds a save station and saves there progress


Outside Space tile set (night) parallax


Outside Space tile set (day) parallax


Like i said there's still a lot of work to be done and the trailer and gameplay footage could be a lot better, to say the least, but its what I have so far. If you want to see more information its on the kickstarter page. I will come back and post updates on the project in the future. I hope everyone likes what they see so far. Feel free to comment your thoughts! Thanks!

Its for a character in the style of Metroid the size is 52x86 10 main animations 5 of which are single frames and another 5 animations 4 are single frames.

The animations are simple just the generic run, jump, idle, attack ect. most of the animations are copied from the first set of animations. Example: in Metroid there are four run cycles all use the same frames from the main run cycle but the other three just move her right arm cannon in a different position for the rest of the animation.

the run would have 10 frames the rest are only a few or 1 frame